John 16:22-28, today's verse is John 16:28

Today we finish our verse by verse overview of John 16:22-28.

The initial overview of John 16:22-28 can be found here.

 

The previous verse close ups can be found at the following links:   16:22, 16:23,  16:24,  16:25, and 16:26-27. 

 

For any person who does not have easy access to Bible software you can look up all cross references listed in this blog at the Bible Gateway website.    It is easy and quick to use and you can choose from many different translations.  The cross references are a big part of any Bible Study that we may undertake!  

 

 

John 16:28

"I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father."
(John 16:28)

Grammatical Considerations

Declaration of time:  "I came forth..."  Jesus states that he did come from the Father to come into the world!

Declaration of time 2:  "I am leaving and going to the Father."  Jesus again states that in the (near) future He will leave the world and go back to the Father.  This is important as the previous verses center around what will happen "..in that day."  Everything centers around the fact He came forth from the Father and that He is going back to the Father.

Important Terms

All definitions were culled from the Complete Word Study Dictionary from AMG Publishers and/or

Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary.

 

 

Came forth:

See notes to John 16:27 

into the world:

• E Sword Concordance Search--- Joh 1:9  Joh 3:17  Joh 3:19  Joh 6:14  Joh 11:27  Joh 12:46      Joh 17:18  1Ti 1:15 Heb 1:6  1Jn 4:9 

• Definition----The world is differentiated from the Spirit realm  Jesus came forth from the Father into the world.  Jesus was not of this world but came to us to die for our sins and rise again on the third day so that we may be forgiven.

 

leaving:

One key definition means to permit and another to let go free.  Jesus' death and resurrection were part of the Father's plan.  Can also mean TO FORGIVE!!  WOW!

Other Relevant Cross References

 

Joh 8:14  Joh 13:1  Joh 13:3  Joh 17:5  Act 1:9-11  Joh 7:29 Heb 9:24 1Pe 2:21

Summation

Jesus sums it all up in this sentence.  He came forth from the Father and into this world.  Jesus did what He was sent to do (save us from our sins) and is going back to His rightful place with the Father!  Knowing that the Greek word for leaving also means to forgive adds even more weight to this verse!

 In the next post we will try to tie the verses together and look at some application.  (although application is often very personal).

 

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